Eircom have been hacked into several times, most notably during last summer. At that time they felt obliged to write to (email) all their customers, apologising for the inconveniences, etc., and saying that things were now on the mend. Eircom know that many of their users' accounts have been hacked. (And their explanation for that has commonly been that users 'gave away' their passwords.) So, do be careful with passwords! They are a nuisance some of the time, especially when you forget them - easy to do! - but they are unfortunately necessary to gain access to many of the good things on the internet.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:16 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Eircom problem
I wasn't aware that eircom were doing anything but all my disgusting spam e-mails are from Eircom account and not any other account.Elelanor----- Original Message -----From: "noreenmeagher" <noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:57 PM Subject: [vip_students] Eircom problemApologies for cross posting.Some people were not getting emails which I was sending. It now seems tobe a general problem for eircom.net users as explained in the Irish Times "Eircom to take action against spam blacklistingApparently, there is so much spam being sent via eircom accounts, thatsome of the anti-spam groups are blacklisting all email from eircom" Anyone else aware of this problem? Noreen M. from them? _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 5624 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message.
